Brief Life History of John
When John Fahrig was born in 1850, in Madison, Illinois, United States, his father, Lawrence Fahrig, was 35 and his mother, Margaret Margareth Hartman, was 30. He died in 1896, in his hometown, at the age of 46, and was buried in Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States.
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- John Fahrig in household of Lorenz Fahrig, "United States Census, 1870"
- John Fahrig, "Find A Grave Index"
- John Fahrig in household of Lorenz Fahrig, "United States Census, 1880"
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1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
1858 · A House Divided
Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
German: variant of Röhrig (see Roehrig ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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